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                                  8926

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 16, 2009
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Introduced  by  M. of A. BING -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing  for
  the  elimination  of  the separate utility class (class 3) in New York
  city

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The section heading and the opening paragraph of subdivi-
sion 1 of section 1802 of the real property tax law, the section heading
as added by chapter 1057 of the laws of 1981 and the  opening  paragraph
of  subdivision  1  as separately amended by chapters 123 and 529 of the
laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
  Classification of real  property  in  a  special  assessing  unit  NOT
LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN A CITY.
  All  real  property,  for  the  purposes of this article, in a special
assessing unit NOT LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN A CITY shall be  classified  as
follows:
  S  2.  The  real  property  tax law is amended by adding a new section
1802-a to read as follows:
  S 1802-A. CLASSIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY IN A SPECIAL ASSESSING  UNIT
LOCATED  WHOLLY WITHIN A CITY. 1. ALL REAL PROPERTY, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS ARTICLE, IN A SPECIAL ASSESSING UNIT LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN  A  CITY
SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
  CLASS  ONE: (A) ALL ONE, TWO AND THREE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPER-
TY, INCLUDING SUCH DWELLINGS USED IN PART  FOR  NONRESIDENTIAL  PURPOSES
BUT WHICH ARE USED PRIMARILY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, EXCEPT SUCH PROP-
ERTY  HELD  IN  COOPERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM FORMS OF OWNERSHIP OTHER THAN
(I) PROPERTY DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (B) AND (C) OF THIS PARAGRAPH  AND
(II)  PROPERTY  WHICH CONTAINS NO MORE THAN THREE DWELLING UNITS HELD IN
CONDOMINIUM FORM OF OWNERSHIP AND WHICH WAS CLASSIFIED WITHIN THIS CLASS
ON A PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT ROLL; AND PROVIDED  THAT,  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED
TWO  OF THIS CHAPTER, A MOBILE HOME OR A TRAILER SHALL NOT BE CLASSIFIED
WITHIN THIS CLASS UNLESS IT IS OWNER-OCCUPIED AND  SEPARATELY  ASSESSED;
AND  (B) RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY NOT MORE THAN THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT
HELD IN CONDOMINIUM FORM OF OWNERSHIP, PROVIDED THAT  NO  DWELLING  UNIT
THEREIN PREVIOUSLY WAS ON AN ASSESSMENT ROLL AS A DWELLING UNIT IN OTHER
THAN  CONDOMINIUM  FORM  OF OWNERSHIP; AND (C) RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY
CONSISTING OF ONE FAMILY HOUSE STRUCTURES OWNED BY THE  OCCUPANT,  SITU-
ATED  ON LAND HELD IN COOPERATIVE OWNERSHIP BY OWNER OCCUPIERS, PROVIDED
THAT; (I) SUCH HOUSE STRUCTURES AND LAND CONSTITUTED  BUNGALOW  COLONIES
IN  EXISTENCE PRIOR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY; AND (II) THE LAND IS HELD
IN COOPERATIVE OWNERSHIP FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING ONE  FAMILY
RESIDENCES FOR MEMBERS OWN USE; AND (D) ALL VACANT LAND LOCATED WITHIN A
SPECIAL  ASSESSING  UNIT  WHICH  IS  A  CITY OTHER THAN SUCH LAND IN THE
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN SOUTH OF OR ADJACENT TO THE  SOUTH  SIDE  OF  110TH
STREET,  PROVIDED  THAT ANY SUCH VACANT LAND WHICH IS NOT ZONED RESIDEN-
TIAL MUST BE SITUATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO PROPERTY IMPROVED  WITH  A
RESIDENTIAL  STRUCTURE  AS  DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, BE OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER AS SUCH IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT RESI-
DENTIAL PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO AND SINCE JANUARY FIRST,  NINETEEN
HUNDRED  EIGHTY-NINE,  AND  HAVE A TOTAL AREA NOT EXCEEDING TEN THOUSAND
SQUARE FEET.
  CLASS TWO: ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS NOT DESIGNATED
AS CLASS ONE, EXCEPT HOTELS AND  MOTELS  AND  OTHER  SIMILAR  COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY.
  CLASS  THREE: ALL OTHER REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS NOT DESIGNATED AS CLASS
ONE OR CLASS TWO.
  2. IN ADDITION TO ANY REQUIREMENTS OF LAW OR RULE OF THE STATE  BOARD,
THE ASSESSMENT ROLL SHALL CONTAIN A SEPARATE COLUMN FOR THE ENTRY OF THE
CLASS DESIGNATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION. THE ASSESSOR SHALL ENTER THE
APPROPRIATE  CLASS  DESIGNATION IN THIS COLUMN FOR EACH PARCEL LISTED ON
THE ASSESSMENT ROLL.
  3. THE DETERMINATION OF INCLUSION WITHIN  A  CLASS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  ADMINISTRATIVE  AND  JUDICIAL REVIEW AS
PROVIDED BY LAW FOR THE REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS.
  S 3. Subdivision 3 of section 1805 of the real property  tax  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  143  of  the  laws  of 1989, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. If the assessment appearing on an assessment roll completed  on  or
after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-two for any parcel not
subject to the provisions of subdivision one or  two  of  this  section,
other  than  a  parcel  classified in class three IN A SPECIAL ASSESSING
UNIT NOT LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN A CITY, is greater  than  the  assessment
appearing  on  the  previous  year's  assessment roll the assessor shall
determine a transition assessment for such parcel for the first  assess-
ment  roll  on which such greater assessment appears and for each of the
succeeding four assessment rolls by  computing  the  difference  between
such  greater  assessment  and the assessment appearing on such previous
year's assessment roll and adding  the  following  percentages  of  such
difference  to  the assessment appearing on such previous year's assess-
ment roll: in the first year, twenty percent; in the second year,  forty
percent;  in  the  third year, sixty percent; in the fourth year, eighty
percent; and in the fifth year, one hundred percent. If  the  assessment
of  a  parcel  is increased during a period for which transition assess-
ments have been established because of any prior  assessment  increases,
such  new  increase  shall  be  phased-in over a five-year period as set

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forth in this subdivision, and such phased-in increases shall  be  added
to  the  transitional  assessments  previously established for the prior
increase; provided, however, that if in any  year  any  such  transition
assessment exceeds the actual assessment for such year, taxes imposed on
such  parcel  for such year shall be based on such lesser actual assess-
ment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the period of any such tran-
sition, the assessment roll shall contain an entry of the full amount of
such greater assessment which shall be used by the state  board  in  its
determination  of  class ratios pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision
one of section twelve hundred two of this chapter. In establishing state
equalization rates, class equalization rates, special state equalization
rates and special state equalization ratios under article twelve,  arti-
cle twelve-A and article twelve-B of this chapter, the state board shall
use  the  transition  assessments as provided for in this subdivision in
its determinations, or where the actual assessment is the  lesser,  such
actual assessment shall be so used.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be applicable to
assessment  rolls  with  a  taxable status date following such effective
date.